As the incoming chairman of the House monetary policy subcommittee, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will hold the bully pulpit when it comes to the nation’s money woes. He’s not wasting any time getting right to the heart of the matter. The...

Iconoclastic Texas Republican defends WikiLeaks again, says US response ‘an example of killing the messenger’ The greatest critic of fiat currency perhaps anywhere in the world is about to take control of a congressional panel that...

The Federal Reserved released documents Wednesday identifying the recipients of $3.3 trillion in emergency aid provided at the height of the financial crisis. “Two European megabanks — Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse — were the...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the Fed’s new $600 billion program to aid the economy on Saturday, rejecting concerns that it will spur runaway inflation. Critics, including some Fed officials, fear that all the money being...

The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting panel began a crucial two-day meeting Tuesday, poised to cast aside its long-held reluctance to micro-manage the economy in a bid to avoid a lost decade of growth. The central bank’s open market...

VIA AP 8:13 AM ET: The U.S. dollar slid to a 15-year low against the yen Wednesday, dragged down by the anemic recovery in the world’s biggest economy. The greenback was quoted at 84.71 yen in London, the lowest since 1995. Investors...

In the footnotes of a speech U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke would have given to the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 10, lies a unique and startling disclosure. Hosted on the Federal Reserve’s own servers, the...

The US Federal Reserve’s policy makers are expected to maintain benchmark interest rates at virtually zero percent at their meeting this week amid intense debate on how soon the central bank should tighten monetary policy. More than a year...

President Barack Obama’s administration is scrambling to save the nomination of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke as more opposition emerges from members of the president’s own party. Two Senate Democrats announced they would...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House panel slated to look into the collapse and bailout of insurer American International Group has widened its probe, adding former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to its list of invited witnesses.

The chairman of the House oversight committee has questions about the $182 billion in bailouts given to American International Group and he’s ready to call in the U.S. Treasury secretary to get some answers. At least one television host is...

The controversy surrounding Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s role in the 2008 Wall Street bailouts was ramped up Thursday with the revelation of emails that show the New York Federal Reserve — then run by Geithner — pressured...